Entries in 'market' (267)
Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why?
Analyst: Mobile to be gaming's primary platform by 2016
Mobile devices will become the gaming industry's dominant platform in the next three years, according to analysis firm Juniper Research.
US games market falls 10% in March
Hit releases such as BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider were sadly unable to stop another month of annual decline in the US video games market.
The Japanese video games market actually GREW in the last 12 months
The Japanese video games market grew by 1.2 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending March 31st.
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EA: Ignore the vocal minority - the market likes free-to-play
The angry whining of teens on the internet should not be mistaken for actual, real-world opinion.
Jade Raymond: Market can only support 10 successful triple-A games a year
The popularity of emerging business models and free-to-play has significantly reduced the scope for full-price triple-A success in the modern games market.
EA on the fence about pre-owned; Next-gen not backwards compatible; Market will never be 100% digital
Publisher EA has admitted that it would in some ways like to see an end to pre-owned games, but has also admitted that the market could suffer were they to ...
OPINION: Niche opportunities in the games market
With the way so much stuff is shrinking in the UK games market – the number of big releases is falling, the amount you need to sell to get the ...
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US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012.
OPINION: Will 2013 be the year that everything changes?
The 1990s. The Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive. The Game Boy and the Gamegear (or the Atari Lynx, if you like).
OPINION: New Year's Revolution - 2013 is the year where everyone is a retailer
Fresh data this week suggests the worst: selling video games in the UK during 2012 was a storm of recession and poor momentum.
New Year, new start despite 2012 washout
The UK games industry is hoping for a brighter 2013 after last year’s software sales fell by almost £400m.
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Overall UK games market down 17.4% in 2012
The ERA has said that the UK video games market declined 17.4 per cent to £1.598bn in 2012.
Toy sales expected to fall 1.8% in 2013 while games tumble 28.3% in 2012. Why?
Yes, we all know that retail is a tough environment at the moment. But video games are amongst the worst performers of 2012.
How Far Cry 3 is staying sane amidst the mad Q4 rush
Call of Duty, Halo and Medal of Honor are now on shelves, but there is still one major shooter to watch out for.
Supermarkets are now the UK's biggest games retailers
Supermarkets have eclipsed specialists to become Britain’s No.1 games retailers.
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OPINION: Is the UK games market fighting fit or fighting fire?
Rationally, a decline in UK industry Christmas marketing spend makes sense at a time when there are fewer games coming out, and the ones remaining are getting most of the ...
EA founder says consoles will become "a hobby market"
Predictions of gloom for the console sector aren’t exactly rare – and this morning you’ve got another one to add to the pile.
Online firms to cash in as girls market grows
The number of gaming girls is on the rise, but firms expect this audience to seek out mobile and online titles over boxed ones.
Borderlands 2 sparks market fight back
Sales of video games leapt up 125 per cent last week on the back of three blockbuster releases.
Free games now account for half of the European games market
New data from Ipsos Media CT and ISFE suggests that free-to-play games accounted for half of the European games market in the last 12 months.
F2P expected to drive Japanese social games market up 30.7% in 2012
The Japanese market for social network games is expected to soar over the course of the current year.
Champions and heroes halt UK video games market collapse
UK games retail was rescued by the biggest licences in movies and sport last month, as it struggles through one of the weakest summer of sales in the industry’s history.
UK games market reaches lowest ebb
Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week.
